gaming system £1000 budget
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The sound on that Sniper mobo is excellent. I wouldn't buy a separate soundcard just yet. I'd try the onboard first. Everyone raves about it.
I tallied what you might spend if you included a Phantom 630 case and the Inno GTX 780 and it came out to £1310.
For the same cost, you could tweak a few things and get the Gigabyte 780Ti on offer today, and a really good cooler.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD) £479.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FWK2/16) £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £115.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,305.88 (includes shipping : FREE ).
Could add the cleaning liquid if you like, or just use isopropyl alcohol.
And you don't need an SSD because you already have a Kingston one, I believe.
I tallied what you might spend if you included a Phantom 630 case and the Inno GTX 780 and it came out to £1310.
For the same cost, you could tweak a few things and get the Gigabyte 780Ti on offer today, and a really good cooler.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD) £479.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £249.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Fury White 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX318C10FWK2/16) £119.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Arctic White (CC-9011048-WW) £115.99
1 x Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £59.99
Total : £1,305.88 (includes shipping : FREE ).
Could add the cleaning liquid if you like, or just use isopropyl alcohol.
And you don't need an SSD because you already have a Kingston one, I believe.
I think OP's spec is actually better!
nooo. doesnt have a ssd automatically /bad at a budget of 1000 quid lol
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i have a 240gb ssd, i got it for the current PC, but didn't want to waste it on an older system.
well, the original budget was based on the cash available at the time. But im owed some money from my job but its paid in installments. so i could stretch to £1400 odd now, but that will be staggered over 2-3weeks. Also this computers test will be running Acheage online at full.hmm what happened to sticking to the budget
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Sorry about bumping this, but i just want to get the components correct 
. So here is what i have:
i7 4770k
Sniper G1 mobo
corsair gold 850w psu
Nvidia 780TI
Ram (undecided, waiting on a deal or i will procure last)
NZXT H440 due in may according to OCUK
Mount doom cooler
1tb segate hhd
in total: £1255, rounding up to the nearest 10. any additional info you can supply. as far as my research goes, this should all be compatible. I think i have about 3 years of future proofing with a bit of luck. Main problem i have is wondering is the GPU will need more cooling.
I am wanting to stay away from liquid cooling for the mean time, this is because i don't trust myself with it.
This is the reason im not normally allowed to manage my own money. The budget will probs end up being £1500.
Thanks peeps you been a great help, just need a little more from you
Liam
. So here is what i have:i7 4770k
Sniper G1 mobo
corsair gold 850w psu
Nvidia 780TI
Ram (undecided, waiting on a deal or i will procure last)
NZXT H440 due in may according to OCUK
Mount doom cooler
1tb segate hhd
in total: £1255, rounding up to the nearest 10. any additional info you can supply. as far as my research goes, this should all be compatible. I think i have about 3 years of future proofing with a bit of luck. Main problem i have is wondering is the GPU will need more cooling.
I am wanting to stay away from liquid cooling for the mean time, this is because i don't trust myself with it.
This is the reason im not normally allowed to manage my own money. The budget will probs end up being £1500.
Thanks peeps you been a great help, just need a little more from you
Liam
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Sorry about bumping this, but i just want to get the components correct
i7 4770k
Sniper G1 mobo
corsair gold 850w psu
Nvidia 780TI
Ram (undecided, waiting on a deal or i will procure last)
NZXT H440 due in may according to OCUK
Mount doom cooler
1tb segate hhd
in total: £1255, rounding up to the nearest 10. any additional info you can supply. as far as my research goes, this should all be compatible. I think i have about 3 years of future proofing with a bit of luck. Main problem i have is wondering is the GPU will need more cooling.
I am wanting to stay away from liquid cooling for the mean time, this is because i don't trust myself with it.
This is the reason im not normally allowed to manage my own money. The budget will probs end up being £1500.
Thanks peeps you been a great help, just need a little more from you
Liam
If you are going to wait for the NZXT case, then you might as well wait for the new Z97 boards and cpu's.
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when are the Z97's out?. Hmmmm may 11th. longer to wait
i think i will order the case for the mean time then. I shall reconsider when these new delights are released. Worse comes to worse i might be able to pick up some cheaper Mobo and intels from the Z87
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